officialese

English

Etymology

From official +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ə.fɪ.ʃəˈliːz/

Noun

officialese (countable and uncountable, plural officialeses)

  1. The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. [from 19th c.]
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 263:
      These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy […]

Synonyms

Translations
bureaucratese — see bureaucratese

See also
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